Review of the listing of Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security resolved to inquire into and report on the Review of the listing of Boko Haram.

Section 102.1A of the Criminal Code Act 1995 provides that the Committee may review a regulation which lists an organisation as a terrorist organisation and report its comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament before the end of the applicable disallowance period for the House. The disallowance period is 15 sitting days from the day the regulation is tabled.

On 22 September 2014, the Committee tabled its report Review of the listing of Boko Haram and the Review of the re-listing of the Islamic State.